been workin' towards that list completion...

been awhile since i've posted here... i update the list from time to time.  

two new developments:

-1- I finally got my carry permit in about six weeks ago... 

-2- I finally got my Bonnaroo ticket in last weekend!

so, that's one to mark off and one step closer to marking off another.  

addendum

just a kind-of update on the last couple of posts.   carry permit still pending.  they said 6 weeks to 90 days, so i'm unconcerned. it's only been a week or two since i filed the paperwork. 

however - yesterday, i did buy my very own, very first gun!! i bought a Glock 26, which is a .9mm and it is a

mazing how different it feels to own something like that. 

powerful. and frightening.  and amazingly, incredibly independant. 

my very good friend Patrick and i went to the gun show in Franklin and strolled and inspected and searched until we found what i wanted.  it's not a sig sauer, but it also didn't cost me any appendages, limbs or first-born children.  so - i handed the guy my driver's license and my large stack of $20 bills fresh from the ATM and he handed me my gun.  

wanna meet me at On*Target later for some target practice?  'cause now i'm anxious actually fire it!! 

permit pending...

the fingerprinting, the application, the fees - it's all done.  TBI is running some crazy-intensive background check on yours truly and once that clears, they'll mail my handgun carry permit to me. 

well, how cool is that?  i've (nearly) done something that i never really thought i could.  with a very minimal effort at that.  

now, on to the rest of the list!! 

  well, it wasn't specifically on the list, but i did something new this weekend - took the handgun safety class; the pre-requisite for getting your carry permit in the state of tennessee (which is on the list).  it was pretty interesting, actually, and i did well - scored 100% on the range portion.  that means every round i fired from 3, 7, and 15 yards went just where i intended it to go. for someone that had never even touched, let alone fired, a gun before a couple of months ago - not too bad at all... 

  now for the background check, the finger-printing, the application, the fee, the waiting period, yaddah-yaddah-yaddah... in 4 weeks to 90 days, i will be a legally-licensed, permit-holding, carrier of handguns in the state of tennessee and its reciprocals. 

  not to long ago, i didn't even know i wanted to do that.  but it's pretty cool to know i can. 

the List - keeps growing

• travel through Europe with someone that I love
  
• sky dive
  
• snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
  
• see R.E.M. live
  
• see the pyramids in Egypt
  
• go to Israel
  
• Ireland
  
• Scotland
  
• see the Eiffel tower and the Arc de Triomph (Paris)
  
• London
  
• ride in a gondola (Venice)
  
• travel to South America; specifically Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, and the Galapagos Islands
• own a house in Seaside
  
• open a rock climbing gym 
  
• learn to speak another language - fluently
• spend a week in DC and see everything
• go to Bonnaroo 
• live in San Diego 
  
• visit NYC
  
• hang-glide
• see Alaska
  
• get my carry permit
  
• buy my own gun
• learn how to surf
• climb something amazing
  
• run a 1/2 marathon
• run a full marathon
  
• run a full marathon in under 4 hours
• publish something that matters
  
• publish something everyone wants to read -- [BESTSELLER]
  
• write something i'm truly proud of 
  
• learn to do something i never thought i could do 
  
• see the redwood forest
  
• ski in Colorado
  
• get a brick from Wood-Felder Hall on MTSU's campus
• write a song
• play at least one live gig
• help someone that truly needs it
  
• make a difference (???)
  
• get married
• get my Master's degree
• see a show at 'the Gorge' in Washington (state)
• see a show at 'Red Rocks' in Colorado